--- title: Archives as Sites of Resistance, Liberation and Creativity footer: "Hillel Arnold | @helrond | The Word is Action Conference | October 21, 2016" css: clbsj transition: fade option: -history: true -progress: true --- ### Archives as Sites of # Resistance, Liberation & Creativity ------ # hello! ------ ## What archives are ## What archives can be ------ ## Acquire, preserve and make accessible records of historic significance ------ ## What is a record, and what can you do with it? ------ people used to make records as in a record of an event the event of people playing music in a room ------ people used to make records as in a record of an event the event of people playing music in a room ------ ## Who speaks, who is silent? ## Why do we document, why do we save? ------ # Archives and records are about people ------ # Spaces for creativity, resistance and liberation ------ # Creativity ------ ## Creativity decenters authority ------ ## For the master’s tools will never dismantle the master’s house. ------ # Resistance ------ ## Accountability ------ ## Archives as texts ------ # Liberation ------ ## Maintainers< ------ ## Sociotechnical systems ------ ## Liberation happens through people ------ ## Radical empathy ------ ## Community archives * Radical empathy * Countering symbolic annihilation * Representational belonging ------ ## Confront our complicity ## Build trust at the margins ------ ## Archives connect humans across time and space
--- title: Better Search Through Listening theme: simple css: "edui-listen" transition: default option: -controls: true -progress: true -history: true --- # Better Search Through Listening Hillel Arnold / [@helrond](http://twitter.com/helrond) Lead Digital Archivist, Rockefeller Archive Center<
------ ## Hello! ------ ## Follow along [bit.ly/edui-listen](http://bit.ly/edui-listen) ------ ## {data-background="img/hillcrest.jpg" data-background-transition="concave"} The dusty archives ------ ## Teamwork! * **Sibyl Schaefer** - Assistant Director, Head of Digital Programs * **Patrick Galligan** - Assistant Digital Archivist * **>Bonnie Gordon** - Assistant Digital Archivist ------ ## D-Team Goals * Leverage technology in an innovative way. * Provide high quality, standards-based care of digital collections. * Provide enhanced discovery tools. * Enable the exposure and broad use of RAC collections. * Serve as a leader and model for the archival community. ------ ## {data-background="img/binders.jpg" data-background-transition="concave"} Binders! ------ ## eXtensible Text Framework ------ ## Problems! ------ ## Default Interface * Frames! * HTML tables! * Inline styles! ------ ## 504 Bad Gateway The proxy server received an invalid response from an upstream server. ------ ## Finding Aids * Document-centric * Not suited to online discovery environments * Jargon-heavy ------ ## People ------ ## Change is scary... ------ ## ...especially for archivists.< ------ ## Feedback quality and frequency< ------ ## Anecdotes and incomplete data ------ ## Diagnose, Resolve, Confirm ## (rinse and repeat) ------ ## Qualitative * Web analytics * Server logs ------ ## Quantitative * Usability testing * Changing organizational culture ------ ## Web Analytics ------ ## Ouch!  ------ ### Google Webmaster Tools ------ ## Poor indexing  ------ ## Simplify and stabilize `http://dimes.rockarch.org/xtf/view?docId=ead/FA308/FA308.xml;chunk.id=headerlink;doc.view=contents` `http://dimes.rockarch.org/FA308/contents` ------ ## Structured Data ------ ## schema.org ------ ## From your page...  ------ ## ...to Google's index!  ------ ## It works!  ------ ## Event Tracking * Record almost any user interaction with a web page * Clicks, scrolls, downloads, etc. ------ ## More like this 1. Click to **show** more options 2. Click to **view** one of the options ------ ## Show, but not view  ------ ## Try, then abandon  ------ ## Table of contents  ------ ## What are users looking at?  ------ ## Server Logs ------ ## Access Log `127.0.0.1 - [10/Oct/2013:13:55:36 -0700] "GET /FA001/collection HTTP/1.0" 200 2326` ------ ## Multiple requests, same URL [21/Sep/2014:06:51:12 +0000] "GET /view?docId=ead/FA308/FA308.xml;chunk.id=ref2507 [21/Sep/2012:06:51:12 +0000] "GET /view?docId=ead/FA308/FA308.xml;chunk.id=ref2507 [21/Sep/2012:06:51:13 +0000] "GET /view?docId=ead/FA308/FA308.xml;chunk.id=ref2507 [21/Sep/2012:06:51:14 +0000] "GET /view?docId=ead/FA308/FA308.xml;chunk.id=ref2507 [21/Sep/2012:06:51:14 +0000] "GET /view?docId=ead/FA308/FA308.xml;chunk.id=ref2507 [21/Sep/2012:06:51:14 +0000] "GET /view?docId=ead/FA308/FA308.xml;chunk.id=ref2507 ------ ## {data-background="img/container-lists.jpg" data-background-transition="concave"} Container Lists ------ ## Context... ------ ## ...in the right amount ------ ## Hierarchy ------ ## Search Results ------ ## More information  ------ ## Bookbag  ------ ## Usability Testing ------ ## Institutional context * No IRB * Geographic location * Pre-visit communication ------ ## It's as easy as... 1. Write the test 2. Run the test 3. Evaluate the results ------ ## ...which is not all that easy. ------ ## Test, test, test! ## Then test again. ------ ## Changing Organizational Culture ------ ## D-Team Values * **Vision** - where we're going * **Work plan** - what we're doing * **Values** - how we're working< ------ ## Think of the user ## Think of the user ## Think of the user ## Think of the user ## Think of the user ## Think of the user ## Think of the user ## Think of the user ## Think of the user ## Think of the user ------ ## UI change = Organizational change< ------ ## UI professionals are change agents ------ ## Communicate ------ ## Push out (information) ------ ## Get out (of your office)< ------ ## Show the way ------ ## Make it fun ------ ## {data-background="img/searchy-hollow.jpg" data-background-transition="concave"} Searchy Hollow ------ ## {data-background="img/dimes.jpg" data-background-transition="concave"} DIMES ------ ## Staff are users too! ------ ## Be a better person * Have a thick skin * Be approachable and willing to approach * Back it up ------ ## It's all about the people. ------ ## Thank you! --- title: "From Transfer to Access: Digital Records at the Rockefeller Archive Center" theme: night css: foundation-librarians transition: option: -controls: false, -progress: false, -history: true, -center: true, ---
Hillel Arnold, Lead Digital Archivist
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collect, preserve and provide access
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BagIt
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represent context of creation and maintenance
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describe the creators of records
describe the records
maintain original order
document archival interventions
create structured data
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Forensic Toolkit
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making our records discoverable, accessible, and reusable
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lower barriers to discovery
focus on user's needs
multiple discovery points and methods
accessible to all - assistive technology, mobile devices, web crawlers
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harnold@rockarch.org
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--- title: "staticAid: a static site generator for archival description" theme: white css: introducing-staticaid transition: slide option: -controls: true, -progress: true, -history: true, -center: true, --- # staticAid A static site generator for archival description
Hillel Arnold / @helrond Head of Digital Programs, Rockefeller Archive Center #### `http://hillelarnold.com/staticAid/` #### `https://github.com/helrond/staticAid` #### `http://bit.ly/staticaid` # Thanks! @edUIConf @HenrikJoreteg @code4lib 2016 organizers @trevorthornton ##ArchivesSpace REST API ##JSON ##Jekyll templates ##HTML ##`GET resources/` ##`GET resources/trees/` ##`GET archival_objects/` ##`GET agents/` ##`GET subjects/` #`makePages.py` #`jekyll serve` ## HTML pages Collections Archival objects Subjects Agents (people, family, corporate bodies) ## responsive! ## schema.org! ## fast! # THIS IS NOT PERFECT ## No search ## Not fancy # Who cares? ## Speed matters ## Maintainability matters ArchivesSpace instance Python Github repository/Github pages # `` ## Version control for content ## The right tool for the job #Thanks! --- title: Making EAD Make Sense css: "making-ead-make-sense" transition: convex option: -controls: false, -progress: false, -history: true, -center: true, --- ## Making EAD Make Sense Hillel Arnold / @helrond Lead Digital Archivist, Rockefeller Archive Center ------ ## So you have EAD. ## Now what? ------ ## Finding aids {data-background="img/container-lists.jpg" data-background-transition="concave"} ------  ------ ## User challenges Linear discovery Complex structure Distance between context and content Jargon-heavy Not suited to online discovery environments ------ ## The Dusty Archive
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## eXtensible Text Framework (XTF) {data-state="comment2 fadein} ------ ## Default XTF Interface Bad HTML Limited Discovery ------
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## Web Analytics {data-state="comment5 fadein"} ------ ## Where are our users?  ------ ##Event Tracking Record almost any user interaction with a web page Clicks, scrolls, downloads, etc. ------
## More like this {data-state="comment6 fadein"} 1. Click to show more options 2. Click to view one of the options ------ ## Show, but not view
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## Usability Testing {data-state="comment8 fadein} ------ ## It's as easy as...
1. Write the test 2. Run the test 3. Evaluate the results ------ ## ...which is not all that easy.
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## Test, test, test! {data-state="comment7 fadein"} ## Then test again. ------ ## So you have tools. ## Now what? ------ # Strategies! ------ ## Atomize the finding aid ------ ## Context... ------ ## ...in the right amount ------
## Proximity {data-state="comment11 fadein"}  ------ ## Improve structured data ------
## Ouch! {data-state="comment12 fadein"}  ------ ## Google Webmaster Tools ------
## Poor indexing {data-state="comment13 fadein"}  ------ ## Sitemap  ------ ## Simplify and stabilize `http://dimes.rockarch.org/xtf/view?docId=ead/FA308/FA308.xml;chunk.id=headerlink;doc.view=contents` `http://dimes.rockarch.org/FA308/contents` ------
## Structured Data {data-state="comment14 fadein"} ------ ## schema.org ------
## From your page... {data-state="comment19 fadein"}  ------
## ...to Google's index! {data-state="comment15 fadein"}  ------ ##It works!  ------
## Social media markup {data-state="comment16 fadein"} Twitter cards Open Graph (Facebook) ------ ## Get Responsive ------ ## Increasing mobile users  ------
## Mobilegeddon! {data-state="comment17 fadein"} ------ ## Responsive web design ------ @media screen and (max-width:320px) { //Cool styles for phones go here! } ------ ## Big screens  ------ ## Little screens  ------ ## Create a user-centered culture ------
# Empathy {data-state="comment18 fadein"} ------ ## It's all about the people. ------ # Thank you! ## [bit.ly/nyac-ead](http://bit.ly/nyac-ead) ------
Hillel Arnold / [@helrond](http://twitter.com/helrond)
Lead Digital Archivist, Rockefeller Archive Center<
The proxy server received an invalid response from an upstream server.
initial sources
bad indexing
http://dimes.rockarch.org/xtf/view?docId=ead/FA308/FA308.xml;chunk.id=headerlink;doc.view=contents
http://dimes.rockarch.org/FA308/contents
schema metadata
google structure data results
increase search traffic
more like this
events per session
table of contents
clicks on table of contents
127.0.0.1 - [10/Oct/2013:13:55:36 -0700] "GET /FA001/collection HTTP/1.0" 200 2326
[21/Sep/2014:06:51:12 +0000] "GET /view?docId=ead/FA308/FA308.xml;chunk.id=ref2507
[21/Sep/2012:06:51:12 +0000] "GET /view?docId=ead/FA308/FA308.xml;chunk.id=ref2507
[21/Sep/2012:06:51:13 +0000] "GET /view?docId=ead/FA308/FA308.xml;chunk.id=ref2507
[21/Sep/2012:06:51:14 +0000] "GET /view?docId=ead/FA308/FA308.xml;chunk.id=ref2507
[21/Sep/2012:06:51:14 +0000] "GET /view?docId=ead/FA308/FA308.xml;chunk.id=ref2507
[21/Sep/2012:06:51:14 +0000] "GET /view?docId=ead/FA308/FA308.xml;chunk.id=ref2507
more information
bookbag
Hillel Arnold, Lead Digital Archivist
collect, preserve and provide access
growth, transfer and spread of knowledge
institutional histories
information about grantees
relationships
accessioning
arrangement and description
access
physical and intellectual control
authenticity
security
stability
BagIt
transfer mechanism: DropBox, rsync, physical media
Archivematica
represent context of creation and maintenance
describe the creators of records
describe the records
maintain original order
document archival interventions
create structured data
Forensic Toolkit
ArchivesSpace
making our records discoverable, accessible, and reusable
lower barriers to discovery
focus on user's needs
multiple discovery points and methods
accessible to all - assistive technology, mobile devices, web crawlers
structured data
DIMES
harnold@rockarch.org
@helrond
Hillel Arnold / @helrond
Lead Digital Archivist, Rockefeller Archive Center
Linear discovery
Complex structure
Distance between context and content
Jargon-heavy
Not suited to online discovery environments
{data-background="img/hillcrest.jpg" data-background-transition="concave"}
Bad HTML
Limited Discovery
Record almost any user interaction with a web page
Clicks, scrolls, downloads, etc.
http://dimes.rockarch.org/xtf/view?docId=ead/FA308/FA308.xml;chunk.id=headerlink;doc.view=contents
http://dimes.rockarch.org/FA308/contents
Twitter cards
Open Graph (Facebook)
@media screen and (max-width:320px) {
//Cool styles for phones go here! }